9 Malachite, 2015 -- AquiziTC Orbchanced, OverseerWe've lost two horses full of meat in the past month, since Zon decided a two-month long break to play with her cats was more important than making sure they were potted and prepared properly. Only now she drags her sorry arse into the kitchen only to complain about miasma since she didn't bother to throw out the rotten meat first. May Armok thrice-damn her. Her and her two cats. If we starve, it be on her head.
Wherever that aid from the other Kingdoms is, we could sure use it soon. I don't know if we'll last the year with just the seven of us. It's too slow going.
17 Malachite, 2015With the hardcrafts level complete. I've ordered a hallway dug out in the south of the residential zone. It will be for the offices of those who will contribute to the smooth running of our new... oh.. oh Bërûl forgive me. This is a fortress isn't it? Or it will be! Such an undertaking requires a name.
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After quick consultation with the others, we have decided upon Litastsazir as the name of our new home. May 'Torchbridge' light and offer the way to a brigher future.
Right, the offices. I've chosen the first as mine, and have begun to take records on our stocks here. Oh sure, I may be a simple mason and stoneworker, but we have another mason, and I can keep records and make pots in my spare time. Plus, the more I keep records, the better I'll become at it.
26 Malachite, 2015MIGRANTS!
Thank Armok, our bretheren came through! Eight industrious dwarves from one of the nearby nations have come to aid our fledgling fortress. One is even a great mason and engraver, meaning I can take to record keeping full time. I make a note to keep up with the stonecrafting, since we will always have need for more rock pots.
Some new farmhands have come, they will work well. A second hunter has arrived. I'll make sure to let them lose above as soon as our metal industry is thriving and producing bolts prodigiously.
I let the newcomers know that they will be expected to haul some goods, at least those somewhat similar to their skills. They understand, as limited as we are here. I make sure Woob makes more beds. We will need them. I also have the miners dig out more bedrooms. One of the dwarves brought a female piglet. We may keep it to milk when it grows, since it won't hunger for the grass we don't have. I tell the dwarves they may have it as a pet if they desire.
We've a weaver, spinner, and clothesmaker as well. Bringing pig tail seeds with us now sounds like it was a smart decision.
6 Galena, 2015Huzzah! 4maskwolf has become our first legendary dwarf within the fortress of Torchbridge. Stone trembles at the sight of his pick and might arm. Strike the earth, 4maskwolf! May you be the first of many.
7 Galena, 2015Ravens! A flock of them have infiltrated the farms, and the loud squaks and caws are making it impossible for anyone to work. Our hunters seem content to not shoot them. Lazy.
I'll have to order a roof constructed.
I order our two hunters to deal with them. Zechariah thinks this apparently makes him our militia commander now. I'm not going to argue as long as they kill the birds. They manage to chase most of them out, and Tekkud, rather than shooting a bird he sees, he runs up and beats it to death.
With his bare hands.
Yikes.
I order WoobMonkey to make enough beds for the bedrooms. He points out to me that we're almost out of logs. "What am I going to do if we don't have any LOGS?!" he complains. I try to explain to him that the wood is for beds and for beds ONLY. He does not seem convinced.
20 Galena, 2015I may have been too rough on Zon. There's just something about her... the way her earlobes hang slightly, or the protrusions of her eyes, even the cats I can tolerate.
Zon... my angel.
22 Galena, 2015The bedrooms are finished, so I begin hard mining operations below. I dig down some, and at the lowest level of dolomite, I tell the miners to go crazy. They immediately mark off a large square on the blueprints, and start digging.
Unfortunately, the miners tell me that the lowest level of dolomite is immediately below the hardcrafts level. It appears our burial chambers will have to be deeper.
Autumn is close, and the summer migrants tell me more will come, and a caravan too! Let's hope they do not let us down.
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